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The Inbetweeners

The creators of The Inbetweeners have played down talk of a movie sequel after the UK tabloids reported that it was locked in to film in Australia. They said in a post: “The Sun went rifling and found some stuff out about a sequel. Nothing’s signed yet, and Australia is just one of the ideas we’re kicking around, but we hope to have a new and definitely final film for you some time next year.”

Maguire and Wiig join new series

Tobey Maguire and Kristen Wiig have signed up to join Will Ferrell on his new parody series The Spoils of Babylon. Continue reading »

The co-creator of The Inbetweeners, Iain Morris, has said he is keen to create a sequel to the 2011 movie adaptation. “I miss working with Damon [Beesley, co-creator], and I miss the boys. They are four of the most talented comedic actors of their generation, and it would be wonderful to get another project going with them. I can hardly believe it’s been two years since we filmed The Inbetweeners Movie. Damon and I would like to do a sequel.”

Dawn French to judge Australia’s Got Talent

British comic Dawn French has joined Australia’s Got Talent as a judge for this year alongside the recently announced Mel B. The 2012 line-up of Danni Minogue, Kyle Sandilands and Brian McFadden will not be returning. Continue reading »

Former Lost actor Jeff Fahey has nabbed himself a guest spot on Hawaii Five-0 alongside fellow Lost veteran Daniel Dae Kim. The details of Fahey’s role are unknown.

Finales to be altered for 666 Park Avenue and Last Resort

The first season finales of recently axed dramas 666 Park Avenue and Last Resort will be tweaked to provide more closure. The 13-episode first seasons will be altered to provide fitting more series finales for both. Continue reading »

The creators of The Inbetweeners have confirmed they are nearly finished a script for a movie sequel. Iain Morris said: “Inbetweeners fans are more discerning and vocal than people give them credit for. The last thing any of us wants is a cheap cash-in. At the moment the script is at version 0.5, so we’re getting close… but we’re not there yet.”

Joe Biden to guest on Parks and Rec

US vice president Joe Biden will make a cameo appearance in Parks and Recreation this season. Biden will feature in an episode where Leslie (Amy Poehler) visits the White House. Continue reading »

Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston will direct an upcoming episode of The Office. Cranston, who plays Walter White in Breaking Bad, will helm an episode in the show’s ninth season.

Game of Thrones casts two

Game of Thrones has cast two more actors for its third season. Ed Skrein will play the role of Daario Naharis, the captain of the mercenary group Stormcrows, and Jacob Anderson will play Grey Worm, the leader of slave soldiers the Unsullied. Continue reading »

A trailer for the Taika Waititi-directed US Inbetweeners remake has come under fire from fans of the original series, leading to co-creator Iain Morris to leap to its defence.

Morris, who created the original UK series, said on Twitter that fans should not be pre-judging the series, which is set to premiere on MTV later in the year.

“I’m not going to comment on the American Inbetweeners a lot because I have to use Twitter for more interesting things like complaining, but the pilot director, Taika Waititi, has made consistently funny TV shows and one of my favourite films of all time in [2010 comedy-drama] Boy. Continue reading »

MTV has released the first trailer for the American Inbetweeners remake.

The series, which features actors Bubba Lewis (Simon), Joey Pollari (Will), Mark L Young (Neil) and Zack Pearlman (Jay), is based on the UK series of the same name that ran for three seasons as well as a movie last year.